SIGTel Online Learning Award Recipients 1991—2007
2007
Winners:
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(First Place) Julie Lindsay, International School, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Vicki Davis, Westwood Schools, Camilla, Georgia, USA for "Flat Classroom Project"
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
SUMMARY: The 'Flat Classroom Project' was an active learning project created for students on opposite sides of the globe at the International School Dhaka, Bangladesh and Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia to discuss and experience ten technological trends highlighted in the Thomas Friedman book, 'The World is Flat'. This telelearning activity is original in its use of Web 2.0 tools to foster communication and collaboration and to construct web spaces and share ideas. It also championed social networking as a pedagogically valid method for learning.
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(Second Place) Sharon Peters, Lower Canada College, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, and Reuven Werber and Karen Guth, Neveh Channah School, Etzion Bloc, Israel "International Collaborative Literature Project: From Jerusalemto Montréal"
http://jerusalem.wikispaces.com/
SUMMARY: This collaborative project was created for students from Lower Canada College in Montréal and Neveh Channah School in Israel to share literature and to promote understanding between their two cultures. Now in its third year, this year's project topic was Jerusalem, City of Hope. Israeli students approached this project from a study of poetry, song, and speeches in Hebrew and English. Montreal students shared information and literature about their city from a variety of Jerusalem related topics including historical time periods, famous personalities and political topics. Montréal students chose relevant pieces of literature representing the cultural experiences of living in Québec with a focus on tolerance historically and linguistically
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(Third Place) Cecilia Estoque, Agusan National High School, Butuan City, Philippines; Adrian Asis, Philippines; Colleen Cotton, United Kingdom; Claudia Slujitoru and Calin Rudeanu, Romania; Mary Ruby Mangasep, Philippines; Alessandra Talamo, Italy; and Henk Slighte, Netherlands for "My Personal Encounter with the Little Prince: A Telecollaborative Project"
http://ejournal.eduprojects.net/philippines
SUMMARY: This collaborative project aimed to create learning bridges with partners across the world to promote respect and understanding about cultural diversity through the aid of technology. It further aimed to demonstrate appreciation for the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupery the "Little Prince" through written text and artwork. Students related the novel to their own personal experiences, environment, and culture.
Highly Commended:
- April Chamberlain, Paine Intermediate School, Trussville, Alabama, USA, "Can You Hear Me Now?" (http://riskwatchatpaine.blogspot.com)
- Chris Clark, University of Notre Dame, United States, "Snitecast Project" (http://www.nd.edu/~sniteart/podcast/)
- Criss Crissman, North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction, United States, "Connected Learning Project" (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/professional/efieldtrips.html)
- Kevin Delaney, Wayland High School, United States, "Wayland High School History Project" (http://www.whshistoryproject.org)
- Erin Strang, Michigan Virtual High School, United States, "Career Development in a Global Economy (CareerForward)" (http://careerforward.org)
- Abdullah Sujee, South Africa, "Teaching with Flair"
2006
Winners:
- (First Place) Jodi Prazak, Piitoayis Family School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; and Jennifer George, Prince of Wales School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, Galileo Educational Network, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, and Stampede School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA for "Calgary Stampede and Treaty 7 First Nations: A Historical Perspective" (http://galileo.org/stampedeschool/)
SUMMARY: The relationship between Treaty 7 First Nations and the Calgary Stampede is a unique and important relationship that has helped preserve and foster First Nations cultural traditions. There is no record of this relationship available on line and few written accounts. Grade 4 First Nations Students from Piitoayis Family School worked with Grade 1/2 students from Prince of Wales School to conduct research on this traditional relationship. The historical research took the form of group on- site visits to the Calgary Stampede School to look at artifacts, experience traditions, and video record elders. Students also researched using on-line resources, such as the Calgary Stampede Archives. They used email and print mail to connect with other experts and one another. The student research, student original art work, student videos, and student digital photos and collages make up the web resource that was created with cultural advice from Treaty 7 Elders and Calgary Stampede Representatives. This web resource was deliberately created to give voice to the First Nations and European point of view and the design reflects both an oral and print culture.
- (Second Place) Susan Groenke, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
Joellen Maples, Teacher, South Doyle Middle School, Knoxville, TN, USA, "Web Pen Pals Project" ( http://web.utk.edu/~sgroenke/webpenpals/)
SUMMARY: The Web Pen Pals project was created to provide a space where 8th grade struggling readers could "chat" about the young adult novels they are reading with college-level students (training to be English teachers) who are reading the same novels. The telecollaborative project focuses on ways to use instant messenger chat technology to support a mode of discourse--exploratory, conversational talk about literature--not often found in the classroom, in the middle school environment. We see the need for increased opportunities for students to engage in talk as a collaborative meaning-making tool, as such opportunities are often shoved out of the curriculum when high-stakes test preparation takes curricular priority.
- (Third Place) Jennifer Wagner, Crossroads Christian Schools, Corona, CA, USA, "TechnoSpud Projects" (http://www.technospudprojects.com/)
SUMMARY: Winning teacher, Jennifer Wagner, describes herself as a “cheerleader for teachers to use nline projects to expand their curriculum.” According to Wagner, “The goal of my Technospud website is to help teachers utilize technology in a non-frightening and easy way. But, Wagner is probably most famous for helping her primary students improve their math and science skills by using Oreo cookies as manipulatives. They count, stack, graph, and share their cookie results with other kids around the world. The success of the Oreo project inspired Wagner to develop other original online collaborative projects, including Dear Soldier, DC Ducks, The Great Egg Roll, and “adopting” schools affected by hurricane Katrina.
Highly Commended:
- April Chamberlain, Paine Intermediate School, Trussville, Alabama, USA, "Can You Hear Me Now?" (http://riskwatchatpaine.blogspot.com/)
- Steve Feld, John F. Kennedy High School, New York, NY, USA
Lynette Ardis, Thomas Hepburn Community School, ENGLAND, "Newton's Castle and Ten Best Foods/Ten Worst Foods" (http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC051308/index.htm)
- Kristin Hokanson, Upper Merion Area School District, King of Prussia, PA, USA
Michael Baker, South Side School District, Hookstown, PA, USA
Tracey McGrath, Philadelphia School District, PA, USA, "Hands Across Pennsylvania" (http://www.umasd.org/projects/studentprojects.htm#PAPROJ)
- Darren Kuropatwa, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, Manitoba, CANADA, "Using Web Logs and Online Resources as Assessment for Learning Tools" (http://pc20s.blogspot.com/)
- Julie Lindsay, International School Dhaka, Dhaka, BANGLADESH
John Turner, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, "Bangladesh to Australia: Cross Cultural Learning via Online Collaboration" ( http://www.isdweblogs.org/isdtoplc/)
- Al P. Mizell, Nova Southeastern University, North Miami Beach, Florida, USA, "SAXophone (Students Around the World eXchanging over the Phone)" (http://www.fgse.nova.edu/saxophone)
- Walter McKenzie, Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough Amesbury, MA, USA, "Electric Iditarod Project" (http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/)
- Michelle Speight, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, (Plus, numerous partners and contributors), "The Many Faces of the Homeless" (http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/ict/2learn/mmspeight/homeless)
2005
Winners:
- (First Place) Jean Watt, Vermilion Elementary School, Alberta, Canada, "Kid Dictionary"
- (Second Place) Brenda Dyck, Master's Academy & College, Alberta, Canada, "The Eleanor Rigby Project"
- (Third Place) Honey Kern, Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, "Holocaust/Genocide Project"
Highly Commended:
- Sandra Gluth, Academy @ King Edward 8525, Alberta, Canada, "Dive! 2005"
- Barbara Martin, Foothills School Division, Alberta, Canada, "Cowboy Culture"
2004
Winners:
- (First Place) Karen Kliegman, Searingtown School, Albertson, New York, "Walls That Talk"
- (Second Place) Catherine Suen, Sherwood School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "Tools4 Writing"
- (Third Place) Tonya Witherspoon, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, "Robotics Around the World: Building Global Learning Experiences into Teacher Education"
Highly Commended:
- Jean Watt and Becky West, Vermilion Elementary School, Vermilion, Alberta, Canada, "Kid Vocab-Adjectives"
- Ron Weber, Edmund W. Miles Middle School, Amityville, New York, "6th Grade Technology"
Commended:
2003
Winners:
- (First Place) Gord Hamby and Erica Rae, Glendale Elementary Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "Unexpected Teaching and Learning: Adventures with Young People"
- (Second Place) Marion Rex, St. Marguerite School, Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, "Tinikling: Sharing the Dance"
- (Third Place) Derek Rakowski, Riverbend School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "The UPLIFTS Project"
Honorable Mention:
- Michelle Speight, Parkdale Elementary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "Museum Connections—Learning through our museums"
- Gail Boddy, Robinson Middle School, Wichita, KS, United States, "Middle School Online: Blackboard History of Computers"
- Bertha Yagos, Livingstone School, Lundbreck, Alberta, Canada, "Family Treasures"
- J.D. Birchmeier, Michigan Virtual High School, Lansing, MI, United States, "Human Space Exploration"
Special Merit Award Winner—"The Cyber Golden Heart":
2002
Winners:
- (First Place) Marilee Paterson, Tom Baines School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "From Russia with Love"
- (Second Place) Mary Glendening, Jefferson Elementary, Pella, Iowa, "Learning With Beatrix Potter"
- (Third Place) Dr. William Stover, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, "International Conflict Simulation: Middle East"
Honorable Mentions:
- Barbara Martin, Dr. Morris Gibson School, DeWinton, Alberta, Canada, "The Artistry of the Land of our First Nations People"
- Michelle Speight, Parkdale Elementary School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "The Arctic and Alberta, How we are different and the Same"
- Nancy Gardner, Ferne Martin-Hosking, and Art Freiler School, Tracy, CA, "All About Me"
Special Merit Award Winners—"The Cyber Golden Heart":
- Bob Davis, Bonnie Thurber, and Patti Weeg, Evanston, Illinois and Delmar Elementary School, Delmar, Maryland, " Kidlink Day in KidSpace, a Place for Kids to Publish and Share"
- Chris Carey, Educational Design Studio, Apopka, Florida, "Pics4Learning"
1999
Winners:
- Joanne Tate and Nikki Deighton, Ararat Community College, Ararat, Victoria, Australia, "Faces of War"
- Jacquie Sirockman and Janet Trickett, Cheat Lake Elementary School, Masontown, WV, "Getting to know the Author, Jan Brett"
- Terry Kerns, Teacher, Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, WV, "Students Watching Over Our Planet Earth (SWOOPE) Acid Rain Project"
- Susan Silverman, Clinton Avenue Elementary School, Port Jefferson Station, NY, "Frosty Readers"
- Patricia Jones, Washington Elementary School, Ferndale, MI, "Reading and Writing Science Fiction"
- Joanne Tate, Ararat Community College, Ararat, Victoria, Australia, "Eco Disaster"
1998
Winners:
- Dalia Naujokaitis, St. Elizabeth Catholic School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Students Against Landmines"
- Howard Slepkov, Merv Ott, and Sue Cobb, District School Board of Kiagara & Kent & Medway School Councils, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada & England, "Lincoln/Kent Bridges Project"
- Tom Hathorn, Bellarmine Prepatory School, Tacoma, WA, Judy Shepherd, Hilliard-Davidson High School, Hillard, OH, "Earth on Fire: Global Warming Summit"
- Patrick Wells, Bishops College, St. John, Newfoundland, Canada, "An Internet Odyssey"
- Cynthia Addison, Co-NECT Schools, Cambridge, MA, "The Global Sun/Temperature Project"
- Thomas Dzicek, Donna Brown, Heather Peacock, Kathleen Bowen, and Pamela Richau, Captain Nathan Hale School, Coventry, CT, "Mug Mates"
- Sandra Hildreth, Madrid-Waddington Central Schools, Madrid, New York, NY, "Design a Museum"
- Hazel Jobe, Marshall Elementary School, Lewisburg, TN, "Read, Write Now"
- Elizabeth O,Keefe, Whitfield School, St. Louis, MO, "A Virtual Reality Cave Tour"
- Peter Rosen, Creativity Café; a "New School For the Next Millennium", San Francisco, CA, "KidCast for Peace: Solutions For A Better World"
- Judith Rohlf, Ecole Marguerite-d'Youville, Cap-Rouge, Quebec, Canada, "Find Us! A Virtual Treasure Hunt where schools are but a hop, skip, and a clue away!"
- Cynthia Addison, and Howard Rafal, Co-NECT Schools, Cambridge, MA, "Literature: what Do You Like to Read and Write?"
- Brandon Thacker, Dwight Brown, Nancy Frazier, and Steve Milam, Meadowbrook Elementary School, "ExplorA-Pond: The Pond Ecology Website"
1997
Winners:
- Dalia Naujokaitis, St. Elizabeth Catholic School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "The Gallery of Unsung Heroes and Heroines"
- Jan Johnson, and Ken Task, Karnes City Junior High School, Karnes City, TX, "Texas in the Mirror"
- Angela Williams, Phyllis Rittman, and Don Hyatt, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, "Building Bridges"
- Donna Henson, Kaiserslautern Elementary School, Kiaserslautern, Germany, "Mystery Pen Pals - Where in the World are We?"
- Dalia Naujokaitis, St. Elizabeth Catholic School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Who Can Catch the Wind?: Alternative Energy Design on the Internet as a Shared Curriculum Challenge"
Honorable Mentions:
- Nancy Schubert, and Christine Fossum, Orono High School, Long Lake, MN, "Who Elects the President?"
- Karen Turpin, and Kim Johnson, Cedar Valley Middle School, Austin, TX, "Right in My Own Backyard"
- Ken Krawchuk, Chris Dooley, Darryl Bohart, Gerry Friesen, and Helen Bockonko, River East Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, "TimeLinks: An Interactive World Wide Web Site Exploring Manitoba's History, 1910–1920"
- Jane Scaplen, Sacred Heart Elementary, Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada, "Qui suis-je ('Who Am I')"
- Marcia Talkmitt, Slaton Independent School District, Slaton, TX, "Virtual Home Design"
- Julia Hampton, Miller Elementary School, Huntington, WV, "Integrating Technology Into Water Resources Education"
- Sharon Dodge, Lakeway Elementary, Little, NH, " What Was Your Favorite Second-Grade Book?"
- Jane Scaplen, Sacred Heart Elementary School, Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada, "En Forme au Canada ('In Shape across Canada')"
- Joe Stokes, Sabine Middle School, Gladewater, TX, "The Online Poetry Notebook"
- David Proudfoot, Taylor County Middle School, " Exploring Careers"
1996
Winners:
- Sandra Hildreth, Madrid-Waddington Central School, Madrid, NY, Learning from History & the Internet: " The Mock Trial of George Armstrong Custer"
- Jane Isenburg, Prather/Tech Center, Granite City, IL, "SWAP - Scrimshaw Whale Arts Project"
- Courtney Glazer, Curtis Middle School, Allen, TX., "Virtual Odyssey"
- Robin Ziperman, Longmont High School, Longmont, CO. "Allons en France!"
- Kameron Conner, Rankin Elementary School, Tupelo, MS, "Koala's Adventure"
- A. Margaret Fryatt, W.J. Hunter, and M.E. Brown, Nechako Electronic Busing Program School, Vanderhoof, BC, Canada, "Designing Virtual Practicum's for Preservice Teachers"
- R.W. Burniske, (International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Lowell Monke (Des Moines Public Schools), "The Media Matter"
- Craig Fox, (Redwood Intermediate School, Thousand Oaks, CA), Iris Clyne, (Konawaena Middle school, Kealakekua, HI), Don Goetzinger, (Conejo Valley High School, Newbury Park, CA), and David Palmer, (Holbrook Middle School, Holden, ME). "Houston... We Have a Problem"
- Sally Bair, (Danville Area School District, Danville, PA), Cathy Petruncio, (Danville Area Middle School, Danville, PA), Kristie Siam and Margaret Wong, (Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA), "CU-SeeMe Cinco de Mayo"
- Mitch Mendosa, Anderson Valley Elementary School, Boonville, CA, "Cyberspace State Reports"
- Randall Dunkin, Ohio Valley Vocational School, West Union, OH, "Space Masons"
- Stephanie Stevenson, and Marilyn Spooner, Holley-Navarre Intermediate School, Navarre, FL, "Tracking A Cold Front - Here it Comes, There it GOES"
Honorable Mentions:
- Jacques Segars Behrens, Texas Tech University, College of Education, Lubbock, TX, "BABEL: Classroom Crosscultural Exploration Dialogues"
- Dalia Naujokaitis, St. Elizabeth Catholoc Scnool, Ottawa, ON, Canada, "NewsWave"
- Susan Gaer, Judi Hopper, and Elainea Scott, Rancho Santiago College, Orange, CA, "Folktales Around The World"
- Dottie Herd, Ten Mile Elementary School, Ten Mile, TN, "Water Quality and Communication"
- Judy Conklin, No. Oceano Elementary School, Grover Beach, CA, "Mighty M&M Math"
- Diane Eisner, and Rick Thibeault, Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA, "Spectacle Island and the Big Dig"
- Carol J. O'Connell, and Dr. Susan DeMesquita, Harts High School, Harts, WV, "Flying the Internet"
- R.W. Burniske, (International High School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malysia) and, Lowell Monke, (Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, IA), "The Nadine Gordimer Internet Project"
1995
Winners:
- Michele Flores-Ward, McKenny Middle School, Canton, NY, "International Conservation Continuum"
- Leisa Winrich, North Middle School, Menomonee Falls, WI, "Math Pen Pals: Communication Through Numbers"
- David Grott & Joe Phaneuf, Alden Place Elementary School, Millbrook, NY, "Outhouse Challenge"
- R.W. Burniske & Lowell Monke, International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, "Utopian Visions '95"
- Susan Lindell, Jones Avenue Adult New Canadian Centre and York University Faculty of Education Teachers-in-Training/Toronto, ON, Canada, "ESL Writers Online"
Honorable Mentions:
- Bill Burrall, Moundsville Junior High School, 401 Tomlinson Avenue, Moundsville, WV, USA, "Network To Network Through The Voices Of Youth"
- Aaron Benarroch, Brock Corydon School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, "Technopals Novel Study"
- Carmelina Crupi and Natalie McNamara, Westview Centennial Secondary School, North York, ON Canada, "DOR-WEST Project"
- Nancy Barkhouse, Atlantic View Elementary School, Porter's Lake, Canada, "Sharing the Community Resources-From LAN to WAN"
- Cheryl Barner, Tri-Valley Elementary School, Grahamsville, NY, "The Reservoir Project"
- Dalia Naujokaitis, St. Elizabeth School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, "Taming the Tube: TV Watching Habits of 10-12 year olds"
- Donna Marie Locasio/Janet Calvert, Franklin School/Bruce St. School, Newark, NJ, "Signs of the Times"
1994
Winners:
- Marilyn Wall, John Wayland Elementary, Bridgewater, VA, "Bearing in Mind Our Shared Values in a Global Village"
- Sara Fischer, Winfield Township Public School, Winfield, NJ, "Telexchange Mascots"
- Patricia Weeg, Delmar Elementary School, Delmar, MD, Michael Burleigh, UK, A Virtual Tour of the Thames"
- Clara Blaha Devine, North Dover Elementary School, Toms River, NJ, "Network Collaboration: Senior Citizens and Elementary Students"
- Greg Rawls, Penny Bond, Pat Ezell, John Groppell, Judy Hirshey, Susan Waller, Cookin Dobbs, and John McNicol, Travis Junior High, Conroe, TN, "The 'Problems' Project"
- Peter Skillen, Computers in Education, North York, Ontario, Canada, "Thinkingland - A Collaborative Journal Writing Environment"
- Kaye Nyffeler, and Kathy Hardenbergh, Millard South High School, Omaha, NE, "Let's Go To France"
- Richard Borst, Silver Bluff High School, Aiken, SC, "Blame it on Air"
- Aubrey Miller, J-I Elementary School, Iverness, MT, "The Cost of Being a Kid"
- Winnifred Bolinsky, Fogelsville Elementary School, Inverness, MT, "Blooming Biomes?"
- Patsy Lanclos, Faculty at Northbrook Middle School, Springbranch Independent School District, Houston, TX, "The Global Handshake"
- Marie Levy, and Mary Jane Neil, Albuquerque, NM, "French Environmental Studies"
Honorable Mentions:
- Susan Hess, and Joan Adler, Brooklyn, NY, "Wired to the World"
- Marilyn White, Finney Detroit High School, Detroit, MI, "JOBS 2000: Careers of the Future"
- James Kuhl, and Dianne Mollica, Central Square Central Schools, Central Square, NY, "Shelter Together Under the Sun"
- David Grott, and Bill Burrall, Millbrook Central School District, Millbrook Central School District, Millbrook, NY, "Harlem Valley Project"
- Peg Raigord, and DeLayne Hudspeth, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, "Use of a BBS Conference and E-mail to Facilitate Mastery Learning"
- Larry Danielson, and Helen Bochonko, Garden Valley Collegiate, Winkler, Manitoba, Canada, "A Student's Guide to Managing Money"
- Donna Dowd, and Vincent Peri, Ridgewood I.S. 93, Ridgewood, NY, "Weather or Not"
1993
Winners:
- Cheryl Tuba, Moundsville Junior High, Moundsville, WV, "Picture Thi"
- Denese Wierzbicki & Jean Veal, Alternative Transitional Center, Gillette, WY, "Teen Rights: An Exploration of Constitutional Rights, State and Local Laws"
- John Kraaer, Sanderumskolen, Odense, Denmark, "Young in the Thirties, Old in the Nineties."
1992
Winners:
- Elaine Baker, Garden Valley School District, Garden Valley, ID, "The Electronic Tourist"
- Janne Mathes, Jefferson Elementary, Schenectady, NY, "1890s Simulation: Local History"
- Bill Burrall, Moundsville Junior High, Moundsville, WV, "Opening Windows for Those Who Have None"
- Larry Adamson, Live Oak Middle School, Live Oak, CA, "Opening Learning Windows to the World and Expanding Research"
1991
Winners:
- Peggy Davis, Oak Grove Junior High, Tampa, FL, "Across the Atlantic with Health, Fitness and Sports"
- Margo E. McAlear, Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, IN, "Discovering Perspectives on Historical Events"
- Maureen Gross, Roslyn School, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "Stimulations and Telecommunication"
For more information, please contact SIGTel Online Learning Award Chair, Dr. Yvonne Marie Andrés yvonne@globalschoolnet.org.
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